November 20

November 20: Clean sweep.
Since we moved here, I’ve frequently seen men walking down the street with a bundle of homemade brooms slung over their shoulders, à la Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins. They’re not chimney sweeps, though, as I recently learned. They make and sell the brooms in residential areas because the stick-bristles work especially well on yards, driveways, and sidewalks. I wonder if they work on snow, too … We’ve got the white stuff in the forecast for next week!